Wabi = The thieves

Title: Wabi = The thieves
Performer / Recordist: Zhou, Manyoni and Shawa, Simoni Mashoko; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Folk music--Zimbabwe; Shona (African people); Field recordings
Description / content note: A humorous song about a man and his friend who went to a party and the one man stole some meat that was hanging up in a tree. His friend accused him of stealing the meat but the other denied it. This is in reality a kind of improptu sketch set against the musical background with no direct relationship to the rhythm of the instruments. Humorous song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Shona
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Zimbabwe Chilimanzi
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR175
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:33
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Digitisation (original): 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo; Studer B67 Recorder; Sound Forge V.6
Rights Holder: International Library of African Music
License: CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Access Rights: Public
Is Part Of: ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
Format: audio/mp3
Genre: field recordings
handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181473